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This 8 mile walk on Kinder Scout starts from the hamlet of Edale and takes you over the exposed plateau of Kinder Scout to Kinder Downfall via Jacobs Ladder, across the plateau to the southern edge to see some of the weird shaped rocks and the very steep descent of Crowden Clough.
There are good views across the Cheshire Plain to Manchester and South to the Mam Tor ridge. A paradox of this walk is that to appreciate the best of Kinder Downfall with its 30 metre waterfall, there needs to have been plenty of recent rains yet the walk as a whole is best done after a long dry spell as Kinder Scout is essentially a huge peat bog!
From Kinder Downfall there is an alternative route to Edale via Grinds Brook (shown on the sketch map in green) with a probably better defined path but this would miss out some of the weird shaped rocks and the famous Pym Chair.
Kinder Scout is famous as the site of a mass trespass in 1932 from which stemmed the majority of the public rights of access to the countryside that we enjoy today. The moorland is designated as “open country” with “Right to Roam” access.
A couple of safety points. Firstly, I can almost guarantee that if cloud descends on the featureless plateau, you will get lost unless you have a compass and know how to use it. Secondly, the descent of Crowden Clough is incredibly steep and slippery after rain. Walking Poles will help. This is also a good walk on which to use gaiters.
Ending with a well deserved Sunday Roast.
Kit list: hat, gloves, warm clothes, waterproof jacket and trousers, walking trousers walking boots as may be slippy tea flask.
Regular walking can...
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fill you with energy and confidence
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help you beat stress
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make your heart fitter and strengthen your bones
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help you keep your weight down
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